Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone - Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist on preparing for Paris 2024, her new book "Far Beyond Gold"

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and world record-holding American sprinter and hurdler. In 2016, she made history at age 16 as the youngest US Olympian to compete in track and field since 1972.

In 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics, she cemented herself as a track superstar winning a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles, breaking the world record with a 51.46 second time and winning a gold medal for the 4x400-meter relay.

Sydney is also an author and her first book, "FAR BEYOND GOLD" releases January 30, 2024.

Today on the podcast, we welcome Sydney back to the show to talk about writing her new book, what it means to run from fear to faith, preparing for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and leading Bible studies with her husband Andre at UCLA.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, coming up today on the show, two-time Olympic gold medalist, Sydney McLaughlin
0:05.5	Lerone.
0:06.2	If you remember back in November of 2021, Sydney was on the show talking about that experience
0:11.6	of winning a couple gold medalists, finding her identity in Christ.
0:15.1	Well, we're going to continue a lot of that conversation today.
0:18.6	But now a couple things have changed.
0:20.3	First, she's married to Andre LeVrooney, the former NFL and college football player
0:25.1	at Virginia Tech.
0:26.8	Sidney McLaughlin Levroni is now her name.
0:29.8	So she's married.
0:30.9	Second, she's also an author.
0:32.6	So add gold medalist and author to her title.
0:36.3	Her new book, Far Beyond Gold, Running from Fear to Faith,
0:39.0	is coming out January 30th, 2004. And Sydney and I talk a lot about the book, about Bible studies,
0:47.8	about discipleship, identity, fear. If you got a young lady who's competing in sports in your household, a young girl even,
0:57.0	listen to this conversation.
0:58.6	Have them listen to one of the best track and field athletes, if not the best track and field
1:03.1	athlete in the world right now with Sidney McLaughlin-Levronie, two-time Olympic gold medalist.
1:09.5	She is so rooted in her faith.
1:11.0	It's wonderful to hear.
1:12.2	You guys are going to love this conversation with Sydney.
1:15.1	It's coming up in just a moment.
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